Nov 18, 2024 · Duane Allman's guitars, amps and guitar effects. Find out what you want to know about Duane's gear and share your own input and insights.

This was Duane’s main guitar during the first year of the Allman Brothers Band. Duane purchased it in early to mid-1969, most likely from Lipham Music Shop in Gainsville, Florida, – which is the place where he and the rest of the band often got their instruments at that time.

Duane occasionally used a 1961 Gibson SG (serial number 15263 [Randy Poe, Skydog, p. 292]) finished in cherry red which he got from Dickey Betts – who himself played it in the early days of the Allman Brothers. Most notably, he played this guitar on Statesboro Blues.

Duane Allman: Memories from his Friend, Joe Marshall] Specs, Usage. The guitar featured plaint-top cherry sunburst finish, and no pickguard (as was preferred by Duane on all of his Les Pauls), but it did have both of the pickup covers.

Duane was seen using this guitar strap in December 1970, on one of his Gibson Les Paul Goldtops. The footage is black and white, so it’s hard to tell the color, but the strap seems to have three different shades/colors, so likely it was the black/red/white one.

Duane Allman’s Mountain Guitar Strap Buy it now on Duane used this strap while playing the Cherry sunburst Les Paul (acquired in September 1970) and its successor the tobacco-burst Les Paul (acquired in June 1971).

Sep 24, 2024 · With the Allman Brothers, Derek runs two Fender Super Six amps, completely redesigned and built from the bare chassis up. They have a rectifier selection switch which allows Derek to select between a stock Fender fullwave diode rectifier circuit and a “saggy” rectifier circuit which emulates a tube.

This is the guitar that Duane was most often pictured within the last couple of months of his life. He got this Les Paul in mid-1971 from Kurt Linhof – a guitar dealer and collector whom he met through Billy Gibbons of ZZ-Top. ZZ Top was opening for the Allman Brothers.

Duane Allman on October 2, 1971, at the Whisky in LA. Take note of the cabinet behind the drum set and to the right of Duane’s Marshall stack. The ‘Sunn’ logo is clearly visible on the top left. Photo kindly provided by Don “ToneMan” Butler (see Tone-Man.com)

What’s particularly mystifying about this guitar is what happened to it since the days of Hour Glass. In April of 1968, Duane started using a mid to late 60s Fender Stratocaster, so it is possible that this guitar ended up being traded for that one.